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Sunday, November 21, 2010

"Breastfeed a Toddler - Why on Earth?" breaks some of the myths about breastfeeding past infancy: "Breastfeeding is a life-affirming act of love that repeats itself every time the child goes to the breast. This continues when the baby becomes a toddler."

Christie Haskell deconstructs the cultural preoccupation of having babies sleep through the night. Read it, save it and jam it under every prolonged sleep-pushing idiot's nose.

Scott Burns sees unschooling as a way out of an archaic schooling system: "if we're going to make progress in the educational arena, we need to be willing to throw aside outmoded practices and adapt to new models of education that place an emphasis on student autonomy."